Jaromir Jagr makes his return to the NHL tonight for the Philadelphia Flyers (via YDR.com)

The Bulletin Board keeps you abreast of the latest news
around the NHL Monday-Friday.

- There are three
games on tap for the opening night of the season: the Philadelphia Flyers
visit the defending Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins, Montreal challenges
Toronto and the Sidney Crosby-less Pittsburgh Penguins take on 2011 runner up
Vancouver Canucks.Philly/Boston is at
7:00 on Versus followed by Pittsburgh/Vancouver at 10:00.

- Nine picks from the 2011 draft are expected
to start the season with their NHL clubs: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Gabriel
Landeskog, Adam Larsson, Ryan Strome, Mika Zibanejad, Mark Scheifele, Sean Couturier, Ryan Murphy and Brandon Saad, That’s
the most since 2008, when 10 players made the jump.Only 24 players since the lockout have gone
straight from the draft to the NHL.Saad
will be a rare second-round pick to go straight from junior hockey to the NHL
with the Chicago Blackhawks.Each player
has nine games to prove he deserves a permanent spot, at that point NHL clubs
must decide whether to keep the player on the roster or return him to juniors.

- Martin Havlat, acquired from the Minnesota Wild this
offseason for Dany Heatley, will
miss San Jose’s opening game.Havlat
has had plenty of injuries in the past, so this isn’tencouraging news for the
Sharks.

- The St. Louis Blues have a verbal agreement with Chicago
businessman Matthew Hulsizer to
purchase the team.Hulsizer attempted
to buy the Phoenix Coyotes last year.

- Rick Martin, who passed away in March, was the third former
NHLer to donate his brain to scientific research.It was revealed yesterday that he
had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), “a disease that has
repeatedly been linked to brain trauma.”